Jim Vorheis
1 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
2/3 c Sugar
2 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tb Butter, melted
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Half and half
1 c Chopped walnuts
1 c Packed light brown sugar
1/4 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 3/4 c Boiling water
Sweetened whipped cream
Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 2 tablespoons
cocoa. Mix melted butter, vanilla and half and half. Add to flour
mixture, blending lightly; add nuts. Pour into buttered 1 1/2 quart
baking dish. Combine brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa and sprinkle over
batter. Carefully pour boiling water over top of batter. Bake at 350
F for 30 minutes. Serve immediately with sweetened whipped cream.
Creme de Colorado Cookbook (1987) From the collection of Jim Vorheis
Yields
6 Servings